French Armies Minister Sebastien Lecornu leaves the Elysee palace at the end of the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris on November 8, 2023.
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France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned just weeks after his appointment, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis.
Lecornu, France's fifth PM in less than two years, had his work cut out to convince the country — and investors — that he can unite a fractious and divided parliament enough to get a 2026 budget over the line.
He was installed in early September against a backdrop of public unrest and dissatisfaction over the messy state of French affairs after several successive governments failing to pass budgets detailing spending cuts and tax rises.
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